Film locations for The Green Mile (1999) For more of Stephen King and Frank Darabont in prison, see The Shawshank Redemption The Green Mile location: Cold Mountain Prison: Tennessee State Penitentiary, Nashville Photograph: Erik Hollander Another Stephen King prison drama from Frank Darabont , the director of The Shawshank Redemption , though it could hardly be more different. ‘Georgia Pines’ the nursing home in which aged Paul Edgecomb ( Dabbs Greer ) tells the story of his time as a warder on Death Row at ‘Cold Mountain Penitentiary’, is Flat Top Manor, a 20-room mansion built in 1901 for Moses Cone, a prosperous textile entrepreneur. It’s in the Moses Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Blowing Rock, between Asheville and Winston-Salem, North Carolina . The Manor is now the home of the Parkway Craft Center , which features handmade crafts by regional artists. The Green Mile location: the ‘Georgia Pines’ nursing home: Flat Top Manor, Moses Cone Memorial Park, Blowing Rock Photograph: North Carolina Division of Tourism The rest of the film was made in Tennessee .

The prison itself, though supposedly in ‘Louisiana’, is the old Tennessee State Penitentiary , Cockrill Bend Boulevard in West Nashville, which closed in 1992. The penitentiary was previously seen in Bruce Beresford ’s 1996 Last Dance, with Sharon Stone , and went on to appear in James Mangold ’s Walk The Line, with Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash. Due to the condition of the buildings, there’s no admission to the public. The spot where John Coffey ( Michael Clarke Duncan ) is discovered with the bodies of the two little girls is by the Old Train Bridge across Caney Fork River, alongside I-40, about 50 miles east of Nashville, at Buffalo Valley. 30 miles south of Nashville, in the town of College Grove, you’ll find the church in which Edgecomb attends the funeral toward the end of the film, which is College Grove United Methodist Church, 8568 Horton Hwy. It’s another 30 miles south to find the graveyard, which is Round Hill Cemetery, on Round Hill Road, just to the northeast of Belfast, near Lewisburg.

And I hate to be a killljoy but, no, there is no Mouseville in Tallahassee. See also ... Articles about Green Mile - tribunedigital-thecourant Dead Man Acting By MALCOLM JOHNSON; Courant Film Critic, February 21, 2003 `The Life of David Gale" hauls Kevin Spacey's title figure onto death row at a moment when debates over legalized execution are raging at their hottest in the only major Western power where the death penalty still takes many lives each year. At issue in Alan Parker's flawed but sometimes gripping film is whether the relentless march to retribution too often dooms innocent men and women. Two recent moves have divided the country. At the start of January, Illinois Gov. George Ryan, with two days left to serve, commuted the sentences of 167 inmates on death row, calling the ultimate punishment "arbitrary and capricious, and therefore immoral.

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But even the grimmest of the socially conscious movies of the '30s and '40s make incarceration look like prep school compared to "Slam," opening Friday, and soon-to-be-released "American History X." "Slam" (Marc Levin's portrait of a rapper who actually benefits from his brief but scary tour behind bars) and "American History X" (Tony Kaye's harrowing look at a young Nazi's torment, brutality and transformation in prison) face one of the most disturbing aspects of prison life today. ENTERTAINMENT Williams May Rejoin Van Zant By FRANK RIZZO, September 6, 1998 Robin Williams is likely to be paired once again with the director who helped him win his Oscar. Variety reports that Gus Van Sant,who directed Williams in "Good Will Hunting," will again team with the actor in "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot." Williams would play the Portland, Ore., cartoonist JohnCallahan,who became a quadriplegic after a car accident. After the crash, Callahan continued drinking and considered suicide. He left rehab and expressed his outrageous view of life in cartoons.

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Almost certain to top the $100 million mark this weekend, its fourth (though school is back) FEATURES A Harrowing And Inspiring `Green Mile' By MALCOLM JOHNSON; Courant Film Critic, December 10, 1999 In "The Green Mile," writer-director Frank Darabont returns to the scene of his first great success, "The Shawshank Redemption." But despite the powers of a cast headed by Tom Hanks and the miraculous Michael Clarke Duncan, this prison drama falls short of Darabont's first collaboration with Stephen King. Written as a six-part serial novel as an experiment by the prodigiously prolific spinner of tales of the supernatural, "The Green Mile" takes its name from the color of the floor of death row at Louisiana's Cold Mountain Penitentiary. ENTERTAINMENT Coming Attractions December 5, 1999 The Green Mile -- Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930s, have a moral dilemma when they discover that one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has healing powers. Tom Hanks stars.

Opens Friday Liberty Heights -- Director Barry Levinson returns to his native Baltimore to look at race, religion and class in the 1950s. Opens Friday Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo -- Rob Schneider becomes a gigolo through a case of mistaken identity. Opens Friday ENTERTAINMENT Doing Hard Time On The Screen By MALCOLM JOHNSON, November 12, 1998 Prisons have a long, dark history in Hollywood. But even the grimmest of the socially conscious movies of the '30s and '40s make incarceration look like prep school compared to "Slam," opening Friday, and soon-to-be-released "American History X." "Slam" (Marc Levin's portrait of a rapper who actually benefits from his brief but scary tour behind bars) and "American History X" (Tony Kaye's harrowing look at a young Nazi's torment, brutality and transformation in prison) face one of the most disturbing aspects of prison life today. ENTERTAINMENT Williams May Rejoin Van Zant By FRANK RIZZO, September 6, 1998 Robin Williams is likely to be paired once again with the director who helped him win his Oscar.

Variety reports that Gus Van Sant,who directed Williams in "Good Will Hunting," will again team with the actor in "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot." Williams would play the Portland, Ore., cartoonist JohnCallahan,who became a quadriplegic after a car accident. After the crash, Callahan continued drinking and considered suicide. He left rehab and expressed his outrageous view of life in cartoons. ENTERTAINMENT A Choice Of Dark Topics (aliens, Murder, Abuse) To Read Under The Sun By JOCELYN McCLURG, July 7, 1996 Pity the confused reader who walks into a bookstore looking for "Independence Day," Richard Ford's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, and walks out with "Independence Day," the novelization of the new hit movie. Or vice versa. Hey, where's the big alien-abduction scene? Ah, the trials of summer reading. So many paperbacks, so little vacation time. Looking for a hot summer read? Let's start with your paperback options.

Some people (members of English Majors Anonymous) FEATURES Dead Man Acting By MALCOLM JOHNSON; Courant Film Critic, February 21, 2003 `The Life of David Gale" hauls Kevin Spacey's title figure onto death row at a moment when debates over legalized execution are raging at their hottest in the only major Western power where the death penalty still takes many lives each year. At issue in Alan Parker's flawed but sometimes gripping film is whether the relentless march to retribution too often dooms innocent men and women. Two recent moves have divided the country. At the start of January, Illinois Gov. George Ryan, with two days left to serve, commuted the sentences of 167 inmates on death row, calling the ultimate punishment "arbitrary and capricious, and therefore immoral. A Choice Of Dark Topics (aliens, Murder, Abuse) To Read Under The Sun By JOCELYN McCLURG, July 7, 1996 Pity the confused reader who walks into a bookstore looking for "Independence Day," Richard Ford's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, and walks out with "Independence Day," the novelization of the new hit movie. Or vice versa.

Hey, where's the big alien-abduction scene? Ah, the trials of summer reading. So many paperbacks, so little vacation time. Looking for a hot summer read? Let's start with your paperback options. Some people (members of English Majors Anonymous) ENTERTAINMENT Web Page Of The Week April 25, 1996 Stephen King's latest novel, The Green Mile, is being told in serial form, six parts over the next six months. The Web site dedicated to this project explains, among other things, why the author continues to live in Bangor, Maine, and why he chose to write a book that would take half a year to read. You can e-mail the author or try your luck in a contest. The first installment is in bookstores now. Nothing toooo scary here. John Coffey (Character) - Biography biography The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Warning! This character biography may contain plot spoilers. Visit our Character Biography Help to learn more. Character Biography History Discuss In a Louisiana nursing home in 1999, Paul Edgecomb (Dabbs Greer) begins to cry while watching the film Top Hat.

His elderly friend, Elaine, shows concern for him and Paul tells her that the film reminded him of when he was a corrections officer in charge of Death Row inmates at Cold Mountain Penitentiary during the summer of 1935. The cell block Paul (Tom Hanks) works in is called the "Green Mile" by the guards because the condemned prisoners walking to their execution are said to be walking "the last mile"; here, it is a stretch of faded lime green linoleum to the electric chair. One day, John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), a giant African-American man convicted of raping and killing two young white girls arrives on death row. Coffey demonstrates all the characteristics of being 'developmentally challenged': keeping to himself, fearing darkness, and being moved to tears on occasion. Soon enough, John reveals extraordinary powers by healing Paul's urinary tract infection and resurrecting a mouse. Later, he would heal the terminally-ill wife of Warden Hal Moores (James Cromwell), who suffered from a large brain tumor.

When John is asked to explain his power, he merely says that he "took it back." At the same time, Percy Wetmore (Doug Hutchison), a sadistic and unpopular guard, starts work. He "knows people, big people" (he is the nephew of the governor's wife), in effect preventing Paul or anybody else from doing anything significant to curb his behavior. Percy recognizes that the other officers greatly dislike him and uses that to demand managing the next execution. After that, he promises, he will have himself transferred to an administrative post at Briar Ridge Mental Hospital and Paul will never hear from him again. An agreement is made, but Percy then deliberately sabotages the execution. Instead of wetting the sponge, used to conduct electricity and make executions quick and effective, he leaves it dry, causing inmate Eduard "Del" Delacroix's (Michael Jeter) execution to be botched. Shortly before Del's execution, a violent prisoner named William "Wild Bill" Wharton (Sam Rockwell) arrives, due to be executed for multiple murders committed during a robbery.

At one point he seizes John's arm and John psychically senses that Wharton is the true killer of the two girls, the crime for which John was convicted and sentenced to death. John "takes back" the sickness in Hal's wife and regurgitates it into Percy, who then shoots Wharton to death and falls into a permanent catatonic state. Percy is then housed in the Briar Ridge Mental Hospital. In the wake of these events, Paul interrogates John, who says he "punished them bad men" and offers to show Paul what he saw. John takes Paul's hand stating that he has to give Paul "a part of himself" in order to see and imparts the visions of what he saw, of what really happened to the girls. Paul asks John what he should do, if he should open the door and let John walk away. When John asks Paul why he would do such a thing, Paul tells John that on the day of his judgement, when he stands before God, his only explanation for executing one of God's miracles will be 'it was my job'.

John tells him that he is ready to die because here there is too much pain in the world, which he is aware of and sensitive to, stating that he is "rightly tired of the pain" and is ready to rest. When John is put in the electric chair, he asks Paul not to put the traditional black hood over his head because he is afraid of the dark. Paul agrees and after Paul shakes his hand, John is executed. As Paul finishes his story, he notes that he requested a transfer to a youth detention center, where he spent the remainder of his career. Elaine questions his statement that he had a fully-grown son at the time and Paul explains that he was 44 years old at the time of John's execution and that he is now 108 and still in excellent health. This is apparently a side effect of John giving a "part of himself" to Paul. Mr. Jingles, Del's mouse resurrected by John, is also still alive but Paul believes his outliving all of his relatives and friends to be a punishment from God for having John executed.

Paul explains he has deep thoughts about how "we each owe a death; there are no exceptions; but, Oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long." Paul is left wondering, if Mr. Jingles has remained alive for all of this time being but a mouse, how long will it be before his own death? "Courtesy Wikipedia" Stephen King "The Green Mile" ARC Proof Sets Volumes 1-5 [Fine/Near Fine] A rare set for the avid Stephen King collector. Signet USA, 1996. Stephen King "The Green Mile" Series, ARC Volumes 1-5. Glossy printed paperbacks. This set includes Volumes 1-5 of 6 volumes. The exceedingly rare final volume #6, of which only 6 proofs were made, is not included. This is the only full set of proofs available. "Uncorrected Proof" Review Slips are inside copy #2, #3, #4 and #5. The Green Mile, Part 1: The Two Dead Girls. Condition: Fine. Only 24 Advanced Reader Proofs printed. March, 1996. 92 pages.

Includes a letter dated January 3, 1996, to Nina King at The Washington Post, which accompanied the proof. They were sisters, and the picture-perfect image of innocence. No one understood their brutal deaths, not even the man who killed them. But John Coffey is about to gain a new insight, about his life in prison, and about the one man who will walk him down that green mile. The Green Mile, Part 2: The Mouse on the Mile Condition: Fine. Only 72 Advanced Reader Proofs printed. April, 1996. 96 pages. Includes "Uncorrected Proof" Review Slip and a letter dated March 22, 1996, to Nina King at The Washington Post. A mouse moves into Cold Mountain Penitentiary and breaks up the monotony for the three death row inmates. The Green Mile, Part 3: Coffey's Hands Condition: Fine. Only 72 Advanced Reader Proofs printed. May, 1996. 96 pages. Includes "Uncorrected Proof" Review Slip.

John Coffey, the brutal killer of two girls, reveals something extraordinary, and life on the Green Mile will never be the same again. The Green Mile, Part 4: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix Condition: Fine. Only 72 Advanced Reader Proofs printed. June, 1996. 96 pages. Includes "Uncorrected Proof" Review Slip Time has run out for one of the inmates at the Cold Mountain penitentiary. Eduard Delacroix is set to take that final walk down the Green Mile. But first he must say good-bye -- to the guards, to his fellow inmates, and to a strange creature that forever changed his life. Little does he know of the terrible fate that awaits him, and of a devilish plan of revenge. The Green Mile, Part 5: Night Journey Condition: Near Fine. Small crease on cover, edge is a bit creased and wavy. Only 72 Advanced Reader Proofs printed. July, 1996. 96 pages. Includes "Uncorrected Proof" Review Slip.

Paul Edgecombe and his fellow guards take a huge gamble by taking convicted killer John Coffey away from Death Row in the dead of night to bring him to the bedside of a woman writhing in torment. About The Green Mile: The Green Mile is a serial novel by Stephen King, later republished with all six volumes in a trade paperback. More or less as a challenge, Stephen King published this story as a serial in six parts. Just as in Charles Dickens' time, the story was crafted while the book was already in production. In keeping with the serial concept, the first edition consists of six thin, low-priced paperbacks: Part 1: The Two Dead Girls Part 2: The Mouse on the Mile Part 3: Coffey's Hands The Green Mile - Books on Google Play The Green Mile ( 170) Description Stephen King's international bestselling and highly acclaimed novel, also a hugely successful film starring Tom Hanks The Green Mile: those who walk it do not return, because at the end of that walk is the room in which sits Cold Mountain penitentiary's electric chair.

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Jamie Goulding Stunning I read this year's ago as a 6 part book before the film. What a stunning read this is, outstanding book and film adaption ! Linzii Haskett Fave One of my favourite ever films and even more gripping when reading. So powerful Simon Watson Amazing Not sure why it took me so long to read this book, but it was worth the wait. Sublime. Critic reviews A Google User Bookreporter.com Review: The Green Mile Set in the 1930s at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary's deathrow facility, The Green Mile is the riveting and tragic story of John Coffey, a giant, preternaturally gentle inmate condemned to death for the rape and murder of twin nineyearold girls. It is a story narrated years later by Paul Edgecomb, the ward superintendent compelled to help every prisoner spend his last days peacefully and every man ... Sylvia Bullock November 30, 2014 Green mile Full Review Troy W January 18, 2013 A must read This book was exceptional. I decided to read it because I thought the film was brilliant, completely exceeded my expectations.

Loved every moment of the journey, if only all books could envoke just a portion of the emotion this book made me feel! Full Review Jamie Goulding February 23, 2013 Stunning I read this year's ago as a 6 part book before the film. What a stunning read this is, outstanding book and film adaption ! Linzii Haskett August 31, 2013 Fave One of my favourite ever films and even more gripping when reading. So powerful Full Review Simon Watson September 12, 2013 Amazing Not sure why it took me so long to read this book, but it was worth the wait. Sublime. Jon Dent September 26, 2013 Wonderful Andrew Chew December 23, 2013 A Wonderful read Satisfying. Warms the heart with bitter sweet feelings. Zarie Booley August 17, 2014 Absolutely amazing Mr. King really is amazing. R Hines August 27, 2014 Loved it.

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141agent Borders great story i first read this when the movie was about to come out and wow i couldn't bring my self to watch it before i was done reading such a outstanding novel Rebecca Goodreads Review: The Green Mile I give up on Stephen King, I love his older stuff but anything in the last decade isn't worth the time to read, in my opinion. A Google User Overstock.com Review: The Green Mile (Hardcover) One of the best by the best author out there. A must read. The Green Mile (1999) - FAQ The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Visit our FAQ Help to learn more FAQ How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie? For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for The Green Mile can be found here . What is 'The Green Mile' about?

Retired prison guard Paul Edgecomb ( Tom Hanks ) relates to fellow retirement home resident Elaine Connelly ( Eve Brent ) the story of John Coffey ( Michael Clarke Duncan ), a man accused of murdering two young girls. However, there's more to the kind-hearted Coffey than can be seen. What is the purpose of the wet sponge placed under the electrocution cap? Water, particularly salt water, is a good conductor of electricity. Having the brine-soaked sponge causes the electricity to move in a more efficient line, thus killing the prisoner faster. Without the sponge, the electricity would simply disperse over the body, meeting with a lot of resistance, causing the body to cook, and death would be much more agonizing, as seen during Del's execution. Why didn't Paul simply stop the execution when he discovered the sponge was dry during Del's execution? There seemed to be enough time to stop it... The easiest answer that we see in the film is that there wasn't time. When Paul figures things out, Percy ( Doug Hutchison ) has given the order, Jack ( Bill McKinney ) has already thrown the switch, and it's much too late to stop things and rewire Del so that he'd suffer much less.

The scene is depicted in real time, but doesn't actually happen that way. There are two things going on at once: (1) Percy's management of the entire execution and his orders being followed ("Roll on two!" the order to throw the switch), and (2) Paul's reaction to the revelation about the sponge, the consequences that will inevitably result, and the reaction of the witnesses gathered in the room. It's all done very well to give the viewer a sense of the sequence of events involved, however, it's not actually "real time" as we know it. So, by the time we see everyone's actions and Paul's reaction, it's too late. Why were there people sitting in the room when the executions in the film happened? Whenever a sentence of capital punishment is carried out in the United States, the law requires people be present as witnesses to see the convict actually die. The witnesses are all volunteers. In most states, if not all, the victim's family is also given the option to attend the execution, as is the case in this movie. What did John Coffey shoot out of his mouth everytime he healed someone? This is not fully explained in either the movie or the novel.

When Coffey tried to revive the little girls, he mentioned that he tried to 'take it back', suggesting that sickness and death are phenomena that can invade a person, but can also be taken out again. Think of it as the physical manifestation of whatever disease or sickness John "sucked" out of those he helped. In the short story The Little Sisters of Eluria, King describes "Doctor Bugs", which are parasitic organisms that first heal people so that they might feed on them slowly. It's been tossed around that Coffey's "bugs" may or may not be the same kind of organism, though there's no confirmation one way or the other or even that they are bugs. Why wasn't Wild Bill a suspect in the murder of the little girls? At the time of their murder, there was no link between the girls and Wild Bill Wharton ( Sam Rockwell ). He was simply a drifter who worked for food and a place to sleep, and he had moved on by the time the girls went missing.

When they were found in the arms of John Coffey, a poor, simple-minded, imposing black man who was saying, "I tried to take it back, but it was too late," that was proof enough to everyone that Coffey was guilty. Once Paul learned the truth that Wild Bill killed the girls, why didn't he try to file an appeal for John Coffey? Paul had no physical evidence to prove that John was innocent. Just saying that John showed him what really happened through a psychic link wouldn't exactly go over well. John's knowledge of the details would have only convinced a jury that John indeed had committed the crime. Then, Percy shooting and killing Wild Bill ruined any chance of him ever admitting to the crime. On a less pragmatic note: John Coffey himself admits that, prisoner or no, his life is one of constant pain and suffering, as a result of his sensitivity to the evil in the world. To quote him directly: I'm tired boss. [...] Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. [...] It's like pieces of glass in my head all the time. After hearing this, Paul came to the conclusion that sending John Coffey to the chair could justifiably be considered an act of kindness.

How does the movie end? Paul finishes telling his story about John Coffey to Elaine, but she doesn't seem convinced, so he takes her on a walk out to the abandoned cabin where she is introduced to a mouse sleeping in a Marsh Wheeling cigar box. It is Mr Jingles, whom Paul found after John's execution and whom he has been taking care of over since. Paul feels that John 'infected' him and Mr Jingles with his gift of life, admitting that he is 108 years old, and that he believes this is his punishment for letting a miracle of God die in the electric chair. Following a vignette of Paul attending Elaine's funeral, Paul says in a voiceover: 'We each owe a death...there are no exceptions. But oh God, sometimes The Green Mile seems so long." How could an obviously sadistic person like Percy work in such a delicate job as a death row guard? Percy Wetmore is the nephew of the Governor of Louisiana's wife, so he had political connections. If Percy felt that he was being mistreated, he'd simply call his mother or the Governor himself and complain like a spoiled child. The other argument is that it's a different time period.

In the 1930s it was much easier for an inhumane person like Percy to work at such a job. The laws hadn't been changed to, say, profile a person like Percy for his mental illness. In modern times a condition like Percy's would've been discovered either through psychoanalysis when he applied for the job or because he'd caused a tragedy to happen. In the time the film was set, it wouldn't matter if Percy had been abusive toward a prisoner like Del, people would think Del was getting his just desserts for his crimes. The sabotage of Del's execution is something that might not have gone unnoticed by the proper authorities, however, Paul, Brutal, Dean, Harry and Warden Moores are able to cover it up since their jobs are at stake as much as Percy's would be. Percy, however, might have come out clean because of his connections to the governor's office. Why does Mr Jingles live as long as Paul Edgecomb? Because of the accidental "gift" John Coffey transferred to the mouse while holding the mouse during Del's execution. John says later that the mouse felt what he felt.

When Paul takes John's hand and sees what John saw of the murders, John gives him the same gift, although this time purposefully. However, there is no indication that Mr Jingles will live "as long as" Paul Edgecomb, only that they both will have extended lifespans. Coffey's healing of Paul and Mr Jingles was as much a curse as it was a gift: the price that Paul pays is that he'll outlive everyone he loves, such as his wife, his son, and Elaine. How long will Paul live? As old Paul says at the end, "We each owe a death, there are no exceptions. But oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long". His concern seems somewhat justified: by the end of the movie, Mr Jingles is at least 64 years old, about sixteen times the lifespan of a normal mouse; if the same logic applies to Paul, that would mean he could theoretically reach an age somewhere between 1300 and 1500 years, though it's ambiguous as to whether he is still able to die from external causes. Other than those who were executed at Cold Mountain Penitentiary, what happened to the other major characters?

Paul Edgecomb is 108 years old and still alive. His wife Janice was killed in a bus accident in Alabama in 1956. Melinda 'Melly' eventually died of a heart attack in 1943, and her husband, Warden Hal Moores, died of a stroke in 1941. Brutus 'Brutal' Howell died of a heart attack while eating a fish sandwich, Harry Terwilliger died in 1982 of intestinal cancer, and Dean Stanton was stabbed in the neck by a prisoner four months after John Coffey was executed. William 'Wild Bill' Wharton was shot by Percy Wetmore in 1932, and Percy went catatonic and lived in mental institutions until his death in 1965. Mr Jingles:died of old age in 1996

Question: 'Cold Mountain Penitentiary' features in which book and film? In the book it is in Maine, but in the film it is in Louisiana?
Answer: 'THE GREEN MILE'